29 Weeks!!!

How our baby's growing:

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

28 weeks!!!

How our baby's growing:

By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

Rockin' it cause I can...

I figured a lot of people wear bikinis...why can't I? So here in Hawaii it's been no one-piece for me...just a classic bikini. I finally agreed to take a picture in it and decided to post it. I knew I was getting big...but holy cow! Seeing my bare belly made me realize exactly how big I've gotten. Plus, I look back at my 13 week picture when I thought I had this big belly & just laugh! & then I think of how I still have 13 weeks left till Pounds is in my arms instead of in my belly. At any rate, here is a picture of the "3" of us at the Place of Refuge in Hawaii. We had just gotten done with snorkeling with some awesome fish, turtles, & about 40 dolphins. It was pretty amazing!

Last night we also bought Pounds a little Hawaii hat. It kinda looks feminine, but if I cut the little bow off the back it can definitely be pulled off by a little boy! We're getting excited to take our little one to our favorite vacation spot of Hawaii...someday! At any rate, here is the picture!

toodles,
:) jen & pounds too!

Hiccups & numb hands....

I finally felt them....the baby had hiccups last night. At first I thought the baby was just on a kicking/punching spree, but then it wasn't hard enough for a kick & very consistent. It was a crazy feeling-that's for sure! After a few minutes of the constant blurps in my tummy, the baby gave a big kick. I chalked this up to it was probably frustrated (like we all get) with the stupid hiccups! Poor thing still had them for another few minutes after that though.

As for numb hands....not nearly as "cute." I had been experiencing waking up in the middle of the night with numb hands (sometimes just one-sometimes both) and it was becoming pretty frustrating. I would have to lift my arm up in the air and move my hand around to get the blood back into my hand. At my doctor's appointment this past week I asked him about it and he said that it's probably pregnancy carpal tunnel. He said it's pretty common and nothing to worry about. And that it will go away after pregnancy. My first though...oh goody...another "side effect" of pregnancy! He suggested I get wrist splints and sleep in those. Apparently when I sleep I must bend my hands over towards my wrist which cause a loss of blood flow and thus, the numbness feeling in my hands. With the splints, my wrists will be kept straight throughout the night and I shouldn't feel the numbness.

I beginning to feel like I need to break down and buy the splints...it's starting to get annoying. Not to mention I probably look like a lunatic in the middle of the night raising my arms and squeezing my fists over and over. Glad this is only supposed to last through the pregnancy...this would be soooo annoying if it happened all the time for the rest of my life.

Anyway, there is my update for the day...a pretty cool thing & a not-so-cool thing!

toodles,
:) jen (& Pounds too!)

more Hawaii pictures

Here are a few more Hawaii pictures so far...

Our Baby-Moon

So we're super excited to be in Hawaii...again. We feel as if we can never get enough of this place. Definitely God's creation at it's finest. We've already manged to make it all around the island and see a bunch of stuff. Mostly stuff we've already seen (us being here a year and a half ago-Ryan's family has never been to the Big Island) but some stuff that is even new to us. Ryan has managed to burn himself pretty bad, but surprisingly, I am pretty much burn free. A little red on the shoulders, but nothing I can't handle or haven't handled before. Tomorrow Brad & Hannah come and that will expand our crew to 7. They too have never been to any of the Hawaiian islands, so they should have a great time. Ryan & I plan on taking some time to ourselves and just explore. With the baby only 13 weeks away, we are realizing more and more how valuable our "alone time" is and how we need to cherish it just being the two of us while being so stoked to expand our family to 3. We have looked for little trinkets that say the baby's name...but no luck. We though we had picked out semi-common names, but I guess they're not that common in Hawaii! Oh well, we're still on the lookout for a little outfit for the baby. We might just need to buy a boy's outfit and a girl's outfit. We'll see. At any rate, I've included some pictures and there will be more to come!

toodles,
jen

27 Weeks...& in Hawaii!!!

How our baby's growing:

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

26 weeks!!!

How our baby's growing:

The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.